Yesterday, Steam set a new record for concurrent users as more than 11 million users were online simultaneously. To be more precise, there were 11,625,415 Steam users online yesterday, thus showing how successful Valve’s distribution service actually is. Continue reading Steam Sets New Record for Concurrent Users – Over 11 Million Steam Users Online Simultaneously →

SteamSpy has revealed the September sales numbers for Valve’s distribution service, Steam. According to the stats, more than 70 million copies of games were sold last month. Now do note that this number includes all the free offers (free to keep games plus free weekends). If we exclude these free offers, the stats fall down to 28 million copies. Continue reading Steam Report – More Than 70 Million Copies Of Games Were Sold In September 2015 →

Steam’s August Hardware Survey has just been revealed and some really interesting details can be extracted from that survey. First and foremost, it appears that Microsoft’s new operating system, Windows 10, is doing well. Around 17% of Steam users are running Windows 10 (64bit and 32bit). Windows 7 remains the most popular OS with almost 49%, while Windows 8.1 comes with 24%. Continue reading Steam Survey – 17% Of Steam Users Running Win10, 52% Owning NVIDIA GPU, 63% Owning DX12 System →

Steam is often considered as the best digital platform for all developers (whether they are triple-A studios or indie developers). And from the looks of it, Valve’s digital service is kicking some serious ass. According to Steamspy’s stats, around 60 million copies of games were sold in August. Continue reading Steam Report – Almost 60 Million Copies Of Games Were Sold In August →

And it was to be expected. Thanks to Steam’s Steam Monster Summer Sale, Valve’s distribution service has managed to hit a new record for concurrent users. As we can see, over 10 million Steam users were online simultaneously today. Continue reading Steam Sets New Record for Concurrent Users – Over 10 Million Steam Users Online Simultaneously →

Attention PC gamers, Steam’s Summer Sale 2015 is a go. As we have already reported, this Sale event will last until June 21st. As with GOG’s Steam Sale, we will only be covering the first day of Steam’s Summer Sale. Today PC gamers can get Homeworld: Remastered Collection with a 80% discount, Next Car Game: Wreckfest with a 50% discount, the Metro games with 75% discount, the entire Darksiders franchise with 80% discount and Mirror’s Edge with 50% discount. You can view today’s offers below. Continue reading Steam Summer Sale 2015 Is A Go →

Paypal has leaked the date of Steam’s Summer Sale 2015. According to Paypal, Steam’s Summer Sale will start on June 11th and will last until June 21st. In other words, Steam’s Summer Sale will start in just three days, so get your wallets ready. You can find below an image from Paypal’s email (courtesy of Reddit’s Vayaconmiedo). Continue reading Paypal Confirms That Steam’s Summer Sale 2015 Will Begin On June 11th →

It appears that Steam’s new refund policy will hurt indie developers more than they initially thought. Today, Qwiboo and Puppygames shared some graphs, showing declined sales due to Steam’s new policy. It’s still too early to speak, but from the looks of it, Steam’s new refund policy allows gamers to play and test a lot of games for free. Continue reading Indie Developers Report Steam Refund Abuse From PC Gamers, Show Graphs To Back Their Claims →

Steamspy has shared a really interesting graph about Steam. This graph shows Steam’s average sales by price points, and lists the number of games that are currently available on each price point. And as we can see, even though the $9.99 and $4.99 are the most popular price points, their average sales are not even close to those of games that are priced at $50 – $69.99. Continue reading Steam Graph Shows That Expensive Games Sell Better Than Cheaper Games On Average →